If you didn't know already, I am a huge nerd (hence my decision to become a Language Arts teacher). I've been a fan of Elizabeth Gilbert since reading her book Eat, Pray, Love and hearing her on Cheryl Strayed/Steve Almond's podcast, Dear Sugar. I am planning on reading her new book, Big Magic, once I polish off the Divergent series once and for all.
In this TED talk, she talks about the power of creativity. This is a topic I have been continuously interested in exploring, how to infuse creativity wherever and whenever I can-in myself, my teaching, and my content area. She encourages as individuals to, "think of your gifts as being on loan to you."
Love this. I have a couple of things you might be interested [if you haven't already come across them]
ReplyDeleteKen Robinson's work on Creativity
Brene Brown's work on The Power of Vulnerability